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- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 12 September 2024
UNICEF scales up protection for Congolese children amid mpox outbreakSudan’s cultural heritage under “unprecedented” threat from looting and destruction, warns…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 13 August 2024
Mpox still being transmitted ‘across the world’, says WHOSexual violence and famine stalk Sudan’s displaced: UNICEF, IOMMyanmar rights probe warns over…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 13 November 2024
#COP29 renewable energy transition must not be a ‘stampede of greed’, warns UN chiefLebanon’s displaced are exhausted and face constant danger: UNHCRGaza…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 13 September 2024
UNRWA mourns loss of first staffer in West Bank for ten yearsWHO approves first mpox vaccine in big boost to fighting disease across AfricaHumanitarians rush…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 14 August 2024
Gaza remains at high risk of polio virus spread, warns WHOExtreme heat increasingly disrupting children’s health: UNICEFWomen face being erased, three years…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 14 November 2024
COP29 news: UN’s Guterres appeals for ‘robust’ net zero plansTorture is never justified, says UN human rights chiefIn Gaza: aid is still blocked from reaching…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 14 October 2024
Gaza: School set for polio vaccine campaign hit in overnight strike, says UNRWAUN peacekeepers update after Israeli tank ‘breach’ A surge in new disease…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 15 August 2024
Relentless rain and flooding batter desperate families in Yemen, warn UNFPA, UNICEFBahrain: prisoners’ treatment in human rights spotlightMost of the 40,000…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 15 July 2024
Conflict in Gaza continues with airstrikes: UN shelters hitSouth Sudan faces growing humanitarian crisisIncrease in conflict, main cause of stalled child…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 15 November 2024
1,000 days into Ukraine war, winter poses critical challenge for millionsIn Gaza: aid deliveries have reached a ‘low point’, displacement soaring: OCHAAt COP29…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 15 October 2024
Lebanon crisis: UN Human Rights office calls for probe into Israeli strikeHistoric drought in Southern Africa leaves millions facing hunger: WFPTwo billion…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 16 August 2024
UN rights office calls for accountability after deadly settler violence in occupied West Bank: OHCHRIn Gaza, more evacuation orders add more pressure on those…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 16 July 2024
Gaza: Five UNRWA schools hit in 10 days, reports UN agencySudan: 800,000 still trapped in El Fasher warns WHOForced labour in North Korea is ‘widespread and…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 16 October 2024
Lebanon crisis: Essential services in south close to collapseOn World Food Day, aid coordination office warns that women and girls suffer most in conflict…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 16 September 2024
Nigeria floods: humanitarians ramp up emergency responseSanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWAGaza’s civil society activists have…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 17 July 2024
Over 1,000 attacks on healthcare facilities across Occupied Palestinian Territory since OctoberHaiti: Displaced women lack basic safety and servicesUN chief…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 17 October 2024
Lebanon: Cholera fears for communities uprooted by warRisk of famine remains high across the entire Gaza StripUNDP poverty and conflict report
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 17 September 2024
Venezuela: Rights probe points to ‘unprecedented’ repression of criticsAt least 1,800 people have died in custody in Myanmar jails since coup, says OHCHRUN aid…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 18 July 2024
‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agenciesUN calls for urgent action on human rights violations in Central African Republic's…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 18 November 2024
At least 16 children killed or injured in Ukraine every week: UNICEFGaza: Condemnation for deadly strike on apartment blockLebanon crisis: Culture experts meet…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 18 October 2024
Many Gazans hope Hamas leader’s death will end conflict: UNICEFLebanon: Peacekeepers pledge to stay, doing ‘whatever they can to help’West Bank Palestinians…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 18 September 2024
Satellites and AI offer hope for climate change solutions: WHOSoutheast Asia Typhoon Yagi impacts millions of children, warns UNICEFRefugee agency urges end to…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 19 August 2024
An appeal for greater protection of aid workers on World Humanitarian DayNearly 2,000 attacks on healthcare since Ukraine war began: WHOGuterres welcomes move…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 19 July 2024
Polio stalks Gazans as 'anarchy' spreads, humanitarians warnIn Afghanistan, with 33 of 34 provinces hit by natural disasters, the UN refugee agency steps up…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 19 November 2024
Lebanon war: ‘Renewed intensity’ of exchanges of fire across Blue Line, warns UNIFILGaza: UN health agency alert for stricken hospital in besieged northHong…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 19 September 2024
HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa choked by growing debt crisis: UNAIDSIndependent rights panel expressed deep concern at Palestinian children held by…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 2 August 2024
Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, numbers set to soar: WHOUN’s Middle East peace negotiator urges action to address ‘growing risk’ of…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 20 August 2024
Combating mpox is a ‘litmus test for global equity’, says UN health agencyAttacks on civilians in Ukraine must stop, top UN aid official insistsGaza evacuation…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 20 November 2024
In the 2050s, eight times as many children globally will be exposed to heatwaves – UNICEFSudan: Rape and criminality stalk communities uprooted by warGaza: US…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 20 September 2024
Lebanon escalation: 1,500 blast victims still in hospital, says WHOMpox alert: UNICEF issues $58.8 million appeal to stop outbreak in six African countriesFood…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 21 August 2024
UN migration agency issues $18.5 million appeal to prepare for likely mpox ‘surge’In Gaza, the latest evacuation orders leave civilians dangerously close to…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 21 November 2024
Acute hunger stalks one in four people in DR Congo, warn UN humanitariansCOP29 countdown: Failure on climate finance ‘not an option’, says GuterresMiddle East…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 21 October 2024
Israel still preventing aid missions to northern Gaza, UNRWA reportsUN chief calls for swift probe into the killing of two opposition figures in MozambiqueWHO…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 22 August 2024
UN chief urges climate justice for Pacific nations hit by rising oceansMpox: WHO highlights ‘higher risk’ to children under fiveGaza: UN agency UNRWA mourns…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 22 July 2024
UN convoy hit by 'heavy shooting' en route to Gaza city, UNRWA reportsClimate change heightens threats to global forests, FAO report urges innovationWHO report…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 22 November 2024
Deadliest year for humanitarian workers, says UN emergency relief chiefLebanon: UN peacekeeping force reports rocket strike injuriesCOP29: Wealthy nations mull…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 22 October 2024
North Gazans just ‘waiting to die’ as Israeli bombardment continues: UNRWALebanon: UN rights chief slams deadly strike near major Beirut hospitalWFP reaches…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 23 August 2024
Aid teams highlight dangers of new cholera outbreak in SudanGaza: First polio case is confirmed in war-shattered enclaveA top rights committee urges UK to do…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 23 July 2024
In Gaza, the UN health agency says polio and other diseases could prove deadlier than bombs and bullets…Meanwhile in the Sahel, insurgents force thousands to…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 23 October 2024
UN agency UNRWA targeted again in Gaza as fighting postpones polio campaign in the northPercentage of women killed in conflict zones doubles year-on-yearRights…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 23 September 2024
Middle East crisis: No let up in spiralling violence in Gaza, Israel and LebanonAt least one in seven youngsters have a mental disorder, says WHO’s…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 24 July 2024
The world has been set back 15 years in its fight against hunger, according to a new UN reportA massive exodus from Gaza’s Khan Younis puts pressure on aid…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 24 October 2024
In Gaza, children are dying while waiting for medical evacuation, UNICEF revealsSudan’s humanitarian crisis continues to spiral as aid is blockedAttacks…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 24 October 2024
‘Crunch time’ for reducing carbon emissions says new UN reportThe war between Israel and Hezbollah threatens to push Lebanon ‘off a humanitarian cliff’Marking…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 24 September 2024
Lebanon escalation is worst in 18 years, warns UNICEFSudan famine must not be forgotten by world leaders, says WFPMyanmar military has ‘doubled down on…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 25 July 2024
New avian flu variant threatens Asia-Pacific: FAO calls for immediate responseEurope Tops Global Alcohol Consumption Charts: WHO Urges ActionGaza: Hunger fears…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 25 November 2024
One woman killed every 10 minutes by their intimate partners or other family members #NoExcuse: UN Women, UNODCUN’s Tedros alert over stricken Kamal Adwan…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 25 September 2024
UNHCR scales up support as Lebanon’s Syrians head homeTop ministers demand urgent action at UNGA to end Sudan crisisUkraine war: Children among victims of…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 26 August 2024
Ukraine: UN top aid official condemns latest Russian attacks.Gaza: Vitally needed polio vaccines reach embattled enclave at lastMyanmar: UN and partners boost…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 26 July 2024
Deadly West Atlantic shipwreck highlights victims’ desperation, says UNHCRIn Ethiopia, UN agencies boost response to killer landslidesWHO sending one million…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 26 November 2024
UN rights chief pushes for Lebanon ceasefire deal – OHCHRSudan: first WFP food trucks reach Zamzam famine campFAO warns over extremely critical hunger in…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 26 September 2024
Lebanon crisis: 90,000 displaced in last 72 hours, warns UNHCRUN human rights chief sounds alarm over Sudan’s El FasherUkraine’s children face a freezing…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 27 August 2024
Sudan dam burst threatens communities as far as Port Sudan, say aid teamsGaza: humanitarian aid hub faces being uprooted once again, warns OCHAAfghanistan…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 27 November 2024
Parts of North Gaza have been under siege for more than 50 days: UNRWALebanon ceasefire deal: displaced communities start to return homeInternational Criminal…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 27 September 2024
Lebanon crisis: ‘This is just the beginning’ say those impacted by deadly escalationHaiti’s “senseless criminality” responsible for thousands of killings: UN…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 28 August 2024
UN rights office condemns large-scale Israeli escalation in occupied West Bank.Viet Nam in the spotlight over alleged misuse of counter-terrorism lawAs…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 28 November 2024
Gains in tackling HIV/AIDS are being held back because people’s human rights are being ignored, warns UNAIDS5.5 billion people have internet access in 2024…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 28 October 2024
Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023In Gaza, no let-up in Israel’s military offensiveFrance should reverse hijab sports ban, say independent rights…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 29 August 2024
UN chief calls for immediate halt to Israeli military operation in West BankRates of unprotected sex among European teens ‘worryingly high’: WHOAfghanistan…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 29 July 2024
Sudan: UN condemns deadly attack on a hospital and residential areas in North DarfurWHO and partners launch project to speed up bird flu vaccine development in…